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Fesseha Nair
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The boycotting of the EPDP from the July conference is also a consequence of theBrussels Conference 2009 which was condemned by the EDA chairman Tewelde Gebresslasie leaders leaders and supporters because of Wolde Yesus Ammar participation.The boycotting of the EPDP alse triggered a new accusations and counter accusations between EPDP and EDA supporter elits over the July conference 2010. Fesseha Nair in his article asked the leaders of the EPDP why they are against the conference. However Fesseha Nair did not ask the EDA leader why Beshir Ishtaq’s was elected for chairman of a preparatory committee which might caused for the withdrawal of the EPDP from the July conference. Regarding the elected members of the July conference preparatory committee, Falu wrote that “I think the EDA preparatory committee is flawed in its composition, they seem to me like a group that has its own agenda that it wants to push by excluding its potential competition. This is not a healthy approach for reconciliation; people should think beyond their personal agendas and try to bridge the gap of mistrust that has been surfacing for almost a year now”.
The withdrawal of the EPDP from the July conference seems that an extension of the conflict which was erupted at the EDA conference in 2007 b etween Wolde Yesus Ammar leader of ELF.RC and Hussei Khalifa leader of ELF in 2007. It is also as a consequence of the Brussels Conference 2009 which was condemned by the EDA chairman Tewelde Gebresslasie leaders leaders and supporters because of Wolde Yesus Ammar participation.The boycotting of the EPDP alse triggered a new accusations and counter accusations between EPDP and EDA supporter elits over the July conference 2010. Fesseha Nair in his article asked the leaders of the EPDP why they are against the conference. However Fesseha Nair did not ask the EDA leader why Beshir Ishtaq’s was elected for chairman of a preparatory committee which might be caused for the withdrawal of the EPDP from the July conference. Regarding the elected members of the July conference preparatory committee, Falu wrote that “I think the EDA preparatory committee is flawed in its composition, they seem to me like a group that has its own agenda that it wants to push by excluding its potential competition. This is not a healthy approach for reconciliation; people should think beyond their personal agendas and try to bridge the gap of mistrust that has been surfacing for almost a year now”.
At the outset, some background of what has already been said in response to EDA’s split seems relevant to mention. The split has been interpreted in many ways:- Salih Younis of Awate.com argued that “power struggle” was the driving cause of the split.[2] Fesseha Nair of the Eritrean Federal Democratic Movement (EFDM) attributed the cause of the split to a lack of established procedures or “objective criteria” to resolve conflicts and to a long-running bad culture of Eritrean politics nurtured on defamation of characters rather than tackling the real problems.[3] Nharnet Team came up with a detailed explanation of how democratic procedures operate in an Alliance,[4] and it seems that this group backs up the analysis of Mr. Abdurazig Karrar, a journalist with the Eritrean Centre for Media Services.[5] Berhan Hagos, on his part, analysed some of the core issues from a perspective that placed some focus on the legality of the elected leadership of “EDA” following the disagreements and the emergence of Block 1.[6] Omar Jaber, in his latest interview with Awna website attributed the crisis within EDA to two main reasons: firstly, mixing of priorities and the collision this creates with EDA member organisations’ [political] programs; secondly, weakness or absence of [political] maturity in conceptualising and practicing democracy.[7] Finally, Dr Y. Ligiam, among other interesting comments, had this to say: